ST16C1550/51
2.97V TO 5.5V UART WITH 16-BYTE FIFO
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REV. 4.2.0
TABLE 2: TYPICAL DATA RATES WITH A 14.7456 MHZ CRYSTAL OR EXTERNAL CLOCK
DLM
PROGRAM
VALUE (HEX) VALUE (HEX)
DLL
PROGRAM
DATA RATE
ERROR (%)
OUTPUT Data Rate OUTPUT Data Rate DIVISOR FOR 16x DIVISOR FOR 16x
MCR Bit-7=1
MCR Bit-7=0
Clock (Decimal) Clock (HEX)
100
600
400
2304
384
192
96
48
24
12
6
900
180
C0
60
09
01
00
00
00
00
00
00
00
00
00
00
80
C0
60
30
18
0C
06
04
02
01
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2400
1200
2400
4800
9600
19.2k
38.4k
57.6k
115.2k
230.4k
4800
9600
19.2k
38.4k
76.8k
153.6k
230.4k
460.8k
921.6k
30
18
0C
06
4
04
2
02
1
01
2.5
Transmitter
The transmitter section comprises of an 8-bit Transmit Shift Register (TSR) and 16 bytes of FIFO which
includes a byte-wide Transmit Holding Register (THR). TSR shifts out every data bit with the 16X internal
clock. A bit time is 16 clock periods. The transmitter sends the start-bit followed by the number of data bits,
inserts the proper parity-bit if enabled, and adds the stop-bit(s). The status of the FIFO and TSR are reported in
the Line Status Register (LSR bit-5 and bit-6).
2.5.1
Transmit Holding Register (THR) - Write Only
The transmit holding register is an 8-bit register providing a data interface to the host processor. The host
writes transmit data byte to the THR to be converted into a serial data stream including start-bit, data bits,
parity-bit and stop-bit(s). The least-significant-bit (Bit-0) becomes first data bit to go out. The THR is the input
register to the transmit FIFO of 16 bytes when FIFO operation is enabled by FCR bit-0. Every time a write
operation is made to the THR, the FIFO data pointer is automatically bumped to the next sequential data
location.
2.5.2
Transmitter Operation in non-FIFO Mode
The host loads transmit data to THR one character at a time. The THR empty flag (LSR bit-5) is set when the
data byte is transferred to TSR. THR flag can generate a transmit empty interrupt (ISR bit-1) when it is enabled
by IER bit-1. The TSR flag (LSR bit-6) is set when TSR becomes completely empty.
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